American Water Shrew – Sorex palustris

Sorex palustrisRichardson, 1828

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Formerly placed in genus Neosorex Baird; now in Sorex, subgenus Otisorex, S. vagrans complex (Demboski and Cook, 2001; Fumagalli et al., 1999). Reviewed by Beneski and Stinson (1987, Mammalian Species No. 296), who recognized 9 subspecies. They did not include alaskanus as suggested by Junge and Hoffmann (1981:28) and Hall (1981:43); George (1988) and Carraway (1995) also treated alaskanus as distinct.

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.